26-28 JUNE 2026

Tickets are now available: trybooking.com/DGDBD and locally at Laffs. 

View our full program abov -, we have highlighted new events, dance and kids favourites.

The Festival Dinner is a separate ticket and $90.00 per person, bookings are essential and close on Friday June 26th or when sold out, so that catering arrangements can be finalised. Single Entry Tickets are $30.00pp, per entry into various venues. Saturday’s History Talks at the Killara Centre presents four great speakers for $40.00 or see a single speaker for $15.00. Download the progam here. Sunday’s Festival Finale Concert is $30.00 pre-purchased or $35.00 at the door.

All festival events, excluding the dinner, are FREE ENTRY for Under 18 years: (under 13 years must be accompanied by a parent or guardian).

Dr Menzies said “musicians have now been booked and our headline performers include The City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band, The Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club and The Melbourne Male Welsh Choir.  We have a great combination of Australia’s best known Scottish and Celtic musicians including Austral, The Raglins, Fiona Ross, Pete Daffy & Friends Irish Band, South West Harpistry, Merran and Pete Moir, The Twa Bards, Kym Dillon, The Corby Family Celtic Band, Tuniversal Music Group, the Warrnambool Pipes and Drums, the Lakes and Craters Concert Band, The Australian Irish Dance Company and The Geelong Scottish Highland Dancers.” Links to artist websites, where known, are included in the band names above.

The Choirs in Concert will be held at the Theatre Royal on Saturday. Entry is just $12.00 for this event, which has proven to be a festival favourite. Seven visiting choirs, and the RBCF choir, will present three songs each after which the eight choirs combine with conductor Kym Dillon to perform together as a massed choir. Magical.

Our Saturday Afternoon Theatre Royal Concert features the incredible vocal harmonies of The Melbourne Welsh Male Choir, another moment not to be missed.